The Place Promised in Our Early Days
| The Place Promised in Our Early Days | |
© Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave
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雲のむこう、約束の場所 (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho) |
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| Genre | Drama, Military, Romance, Science Fiction |
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| Produced by | Makoto Shinkai |
| Written by | Makoto Shinkai |
| Music by | Tenmon |
| Studio | CoMix Wave Inc. |
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| Released | 20 November 2004 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Shinta Kanō |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| Published | December 26, 2005 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Makoto Shinkai |
| Illustrated by | Sumomo Yumeka |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Afternoon |
| Original run | February 2006 – 25 August 2006 |
| Volumes | 1 |
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Japanese: 雲のむこう、約束の場所 Hepburn: Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho?, lit. "Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place") is a 2004 Japanese anime science fiction war drama film written, directed, produced, cinematographed, edited, and storyboarded by Makoto Shinkai in his feature film debut. Set over several years in an alternate history where the Soviet Union occupies half of Japan, the film follows two childhood friends who grow apart after another friend of them dissapears; as international tension rises and a mysterious tower built by the Union starts replacing matter around it with matter from other universes, they cross paths once again and realize their missing friend might be the key to save the world.
Unlike his short film Voices of a Distant Star, which was largely made by Shinkai on his own, The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a full-scale production, as reflected by the better animation quality and the longer overall length. It has been broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network Animax. The film was licensed for North American release by ADV Films.
After the Separation in Japan in 1974 the northern island, Hokkaidō (or Ezo, as it is called in the anime), was occupied by the "Union" (referring to the Soviet Union). Also in that same year, the Union began the construction of a strange tower on Hokkaido designed by a scientist named Ekusun Tsukinoe. The anime follows the story of three friends living in Aomori, in northern Japan: two boys, Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa, both child prodigies; and one girl, Sayuri Sawatari. In 1996, the three are in ninth grade, their last year of middle school, and they are fascinated by the Hokkaido Tower visible across the Tsugaru Strait to the north. Sayuri becomes close friends with the two boys.
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